Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Saint Lucia, and Colombia. Seven countries with all-inclusive wedding resorts, non-stop flights from North America, and settings that turn a wedding into a full week with the people you love. Here’s how to find yours.
A destination wedding is a different decision than a hometown event. You’re choosing where your closest friends and family will spend several days together. The resort becomes the backdrop, the activity schedule, the dining plan, and the conversation for every day around your ceremony. The all-inclusive model makes that week predictable to plan and easy for guests to budget.
Every country in 10kWedding’s collection earns its place the same way. Guests can fly there non-stop from major North American cities. All-inclusive rates take the bar tab out of the weekend. Each resort offers several ceremony and reception venues, so you choose the setting rather than accept a single default. And on-site wedding teams run these events every week, so you’re working with people who already know how the day comes together.
Our role is to match you with the right country and resort, negotiate your room block, manage the relationship with the resort’s wedding team, and stay reachable from your first inquiry through the wedding day. It costs you nothing. Resorts pay our fee, not couples.
We work directly with resort wedding coordinators and group sales teams in all seven countries. That means stronger room block terms, faster answers from the people who make decisions, and an advocate on your side at every stage, from the first resort comparison through the wedding day.
A destination wedding starts when your guests land and runs until checkout. Days at the pool, long dinners, and a shared excursion or two build the kind of connection that comes from time together. Your wedding becomes the reason for a trip people plan their year around.
Meals, drinks, and most activities are covered in one nightly rate. Guests know what they’ll spend before they book, which makes the RSVP an easier yes. There’s no bar tab after the reception and no per-plate math for you, just one known number everyone can plan around.
The resorts in our collection host weddings as a core part of their business. Expect on-site wedding coordinators, several ceremony and reception venues, group room block programs that reward larger parties, and vendors who work the property every week. The whole operation runs on practice.
Travel shapes the guest list on its own. The people who book are the people who want to celebrate with you. Couples tell us that the smaller, more intentional group is one of the things they value most about the week.
Turquoise water behind a Riviera Maya arch. The Pitons rising over a Saint Lucia ceremony. Granite headlands at Los Cabos. Balconies draped in bougainvillea in Cartagena’s walled city. Dry forest and volcano views in Guanacaste. The setting does much of the work in the photos your guests will share for years.
Guests often return to a destination on their own after a wedding there. A shared week ties people to a place and to each other. Couples hear years later that the trip started a friendship, an anniversary tradition, or a guest’s own honeymoon plans.
Each country has its own landscape, resort mix, and pace for your guests. Here’s what sets each one apart, so you can narrow the field before comparing individual resorts.
Mexico gives couples more choices than any other country in our collection. On the Caribbean side, the Cancún Area, Costa Mujeres, the Riviera Maya, Tulum, Isla Mujeres, and Cozumel share turquoise water and white sand, and each has its own pace and resort mix. On the Pacific, Los Cabos sets ceremonies against desert and granite where the Sea of Cortez meets the ocean, and Puerto Vallarta curves around Banderas Bay beneath the Sierra Madre.
Non-stop flights reach Cancún, Los Cabos, and Puerto Vallarta from most major U.S. and Canadian cities, many in four hours or less. The resorts we recommend come with on-site wedding coordinators, several venues per property, and group programs built for large guest lists.
Punta Cana International is the Dominican Republic’s busiest airport, with non-stop service from across the U.S. and Canada and more than 10 million passengers in 2025. That access keeps attendance high from the moment save-the-dates go out. The coast runs about 30 miles from Uvero Alto to Cap Cana, with shallow, calm water and palm-lined sand that suit an afternoon beach ceremony.
Most of our Dominican resorts sit in Punta Cana and Cap Cana. Punta Cana offers the widest range of brands and sizes. Cap Cana, just south, is a gated marina community with a quieter pace. La Romana and Bayahibe on the south coast, Puerto Plata on the Atlantic, and the Samaná peninsula give the country five distinct regions.
Jamaica’s warmth comes from its culture. Music, food, and hospitality are part of the national identity, and guests feel it from the moment they land in Montego Bay. Reggae at the welcome party, jerk on the grill at the beach, and a local band leading the procession set the tone for the whole week.
Each of the three regions has its own character. Negril sits on the west end, with Seven Mile Beach on one side and the West End cliffs on the other, both facing the sunset. Montego Bay is home to Sangster International, Jamaica’s busiest airport, and its Rose Hall resorts are a short drive from the terminal. Ocho Rios lies on the north coast, where green mountains run down to the sea near Dunn’s River Falls.
Costa Rica is home to about 5% of the world’s known species. In Guanacaste, that means dry tropical forest running down to the Pacific, volcanoes on the horizon, and howler monkeys calling from the trees above the pool. For couples who want nature to play a real part in the week, this is the place.
Our Costa Rica resorts sit along the Gulf of Papagayo and the nearby Guanacaste coast, close to Liberia’s Guanacaste Airport (LIR). Guests fly there non-stop from across the U.S. and Canada without connecting through San José. The November to April dry season brings clear skies and steady breezes that keep outdoor ceremonies comfortable.
Curaçao blends Dutch colonial history with Caribbean life. The capital, Willemstad, lines its harbor with pastel merchant houses, and its historic center has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Locals speak Papiamentu and switch easily into English, Dutch, and Spanish. Along the leeward coast, small sandy coves sit between limestone cliffs, and clear water makes the reefs easy to reach from shore.
Dreams Curaçao sits on Piscadera Bay, a few minutes from Willemstad, so guests can mix beach days with evenings in town. The island lies outside the main hurricane belt, and steady trade winds keep afternoons comfortable year-round. Legal weddings are open to visiting couples, with paperwork filed about three months ahead.
Saint Lucia is a mountainous, green island where the twin volcanic spires of the Pitons rise from the sea on the southwest coast, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004. The interior is rainforest, waterfalls, and the steaming Sulphur Springs. The island’s mix of French and British heritage shows up in its Kwéyòl language, its Creole cooking, and its Friday-night street parties.
Royalton Saint Lucia and its adults-only Hideaway share the island’s north end, so families and couples-only guests can stay side by side. Most guests fly into Hewanorra International (UVF) in the south, followed by a scenic drive up the island. Legal weddings are simple to arrange: there’s no residency period, and a licence can be issued within a day of arrival.
Cartagena pairs a Caribbean beach week with a colonial city that has kept its historic core intact. Its walled old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984, is a maze of plazas, churches, and balconies draped in bougainvillea, with the Castillo San Felipe on the hill above. Cumbia and champeta fill the streets at night, and the food scene gives guests plenty to explore between wedding events.
Dreams Karibana sits on the coast north of the city, beside the Karibana golf course, so guests get resort calm with the old town a short drive away. Rafael Núñez International (CTG) has non-stop service from Florida and several major U.S. hubs. Couples can marry legally through a Colombian notary.
Peak wedding season across our collection runs roughly December through April, when rainfall is lowest. Curaçao and Cartagena sit south of the main hurricane belt. Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia see their storm season from June through November. Your specialist will walk you through the timing for your chosen country before you commit to a date.
Visiting couples can marry legally in every country in our collection, but the process varies. Saint Lucia has no residency period. Jamaica asks for 24 hours on the island. Curaçao needs paperwork filed about three months ahead. Many couples sign legally at home and hold a symbolic ceremony at the resort. Either way, we walk you through the documents well in advance.
Every country in our collection has an international airport with non-stop service from North America: Cancún, Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Montego Bay, Liberia, Curaçao, Hewanorra, and Cartagena. Guests get realistic flight options wherever they’re starting from, and easy travel leads to higher attendance.
Popular resorts in every country book their peak-season wedding dates 12 to 18 months out, and room inventory tightens quickly once your date is set. The earlier you connect with 10kWedding, the more leverage we have in negotiations and the more room choices your guests have when they book.
Whether you’re just starting to explore or ready to compare specific resorts, our team will guide every decision at no cost to you. One conversation is all it takes to start narrowing the field.
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